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Platyelminthes :: Platyelminthes (n. pl.) A class of helminthes including the cestodes, or tapeworms, the trematodes, and the turbellarians. Called also flatworms..

Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee..

Vermeology :: Vermeology (n.) A discourse or treatise on worms; that part of zoology which treats of worms; helminthology.

Water-logged :: Water-logged (a.) Filled or saturated with water so as to be heavy, unmanageable, or loglike; -- said of a vessel, when, by receiving a great quantity of water into her hold, she has become so heavy as not to be manageable by the helm..

Steerage :: Steerage (n.) The effect of the helm on a ship; the manner in which an individual ship is affected by the helm.

Helminthic :: Helminthic (a.) Of or relating to worms, or Helminthes; expelling worms..

Alee :: Alee (adv.) On or toward the lee, or the side away from the wind; the opposite of aweather. The helm of a ship is alee when pressed close to the lee side..

Helmet-shaped :: Helmet-shaped (a.) Shaped like a helmet; galeate. See Illust. of Galeate.

Amaze :: Amaze (v. t.) To confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly..

Unhelmed :: Unhelmed (a.) Not wearing a helmet; without a helmet.

Ahull :: Ahull (adv.) With the sails furled, and the helm lashed alee; -- applied to ships in a storm. See Hull, n..

Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water.

Platyhelmia :: Platyhelmia (n. pl.) Same as Platyelminthes.

Lambrequin :: Lambrequin (n.) A kind of pendent scarf or covering attached to the helmet, to protect it from wet or heat..

Overwhelming :: Overwhelming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overwhel.

Nemertina :: Nemertina (n. pl.) An order of helminths usually having a long, slender, smooth, often bright-colored body, covered with minute vibrating cilia; -- called also Nemertea, Nemertida, and Rhynchocoela..

Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (n.) The act of overwhelming.

Aventail :: Aventail (n.) The movable front to a helmet; the ventail.

Timoneer :: Timoneer (n.) A helmsman.

Antiscolic :: Antiscolic (a.) Anthelmintic.

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